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The Puppetmaster is a 1993 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Based on the memoirs of Li Tian-lu, Taiwan’s most celebrated puppeteer, this story covers the years from Li’s birth in 1909 to the end of Japan’s fifty-year occupation of Taiwan in 1945.
Original Release
12/08/1993
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tien-Lu Li | Self |
| Giong Lim | Li Tianlu (young) / Li Tien-Lu |
| Kuei-Chung Cheng | Li Tien Lu adolescent / Young Li Tien-Lu |
| Chien-ru Huang | |
| Liou Hung | Li Hei (grandfather) |
| Tung-Hsiu Kao | |
| Hei Li | |
| Wenchang Li | |
| Wen-Pin Liu | |
| Ming-Hua Pai | Ong Hsiu (Grandmother) / Ong Hsiu |
Directors
Writers
T'ien-wen Chu, Tien-Lu Li, Nien-Jen Wu
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tien-Lu Li | Self |
| Giong Lim | Li Tianlu (young) / Li Tien-Lu |
| Kuei-Chung Cheng | Li Tien Lu adolescent / Young Li Tien-Lu |
| Chien-ru Huang | |
| Liou Hung | Li Hei (grandfather) |
| Tung-Hsiu Kao | |
| Hei Li | |
| Wenchang Li | |
| Wen-Pin Liu | |
| Ming-Hua Pai | Ong Hsiu (Grandmother) / Ong Hsiu |
| I. Toshiro | |
| Chen-Nan Tsai | Komeng Dang (father) |
| Yi-Hua Tsai | |
| Juwei Tzuo | |
| Li-Yin Yang | Lai Hwat (stepmother) / Lin Laifa |
| Vicky Wei |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Hung-Tze Jan | Executive Producer |
| Teng-Kuei Yang | Executive Producer |
| Hua-fu Chang | Producer |
| Hwa-Kun Chang | Producer |
| Fu-Sheng Chiu | Producer |
